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THE LEDGER/ GAFFNEY, S. C., DECEMBER 23, 1897. 15 | SOMEBODY’S DARLING. Into the word of the whttewanhcd ualla Where the nnd tie dTtnjj lay— ” ^i«"'d by tmyoaeta, sbelk and tail*— ir.'body's darling wiw borne one dajr, ebody'a darling, ho young nnd no brave, Wearing atiM on hlH^tle, xweet fai«*— Bo»in to In* hid liy the uoat of the grave— The lingering light of hi* boyhood * grace. Matter! ard damp are the curls of gold Kissing the snow of that fair young brow. Pale aie the lips of delicate mold. Hound indy's darling is dying now. Pack from the beautiful blue veined fr-e Brush every wandering, silken thread. Cross his hands us a sign of grace. Somebody's darling is still and dead. Kiss him once more for somebody'a sake. Murmur a prayer, soft and low. One bright eurl from the duster take. They were Hnnicliody'a pride, you know. Somebody's hand hath rested there. Was it a mother's, soft nnd white? And have the lips of a sister fair Been baptized in those waves of light? (Sod knows best. He was somebody's love. Somebody’s heart enshrined him near. Somebody wafted his name aliove Night and morn on the wings cf prrycr. Bomelxwly wept when he marched away, Looking so handsome, brave and grand. Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay. Somebody clung to his parting hand. Somebody’s watching and waiting for him. Yearning to hold him again io her heart. There ho lies with the blue eyes dim, And smiling, childlike, lips apart. Tenderly bury the fair young dead. Pausing to drop on his grave n tear. Curve on the wooden slab at his head, ••Somebody’s darling lies buried here.” —New York Ledger. ... RUNAWAYS. BY CHAHLES D. LEWIS. Ton may think it qnoor that I cannot give yon tho real names of the principal actors in the dramn I am about to re late, bnt snch is the fact. Things wore managed so nicely that no public scan dal resulted, and as for names wo were only sailer men and had no business to inquire or to know them. What I heard and saw and passed throngh, however, I can tell yon all about and with the hope to interest you. Tho Count D’Chamy, as I will call him, was an old man with a young wife. That his honor was safe in her bunds ho never for an instant doubted, and sho came and went as she pleased. Aside from his 60 years of life ho was gouty and dyspeptic, and, though ho had millions cf money and a title, the last was not an offset for the first. Three or four years after her marriage tho conntess met an English gentleman whoso name I must give as Kane. Ho was as fine looking a man as I ever saw, aged about 85, and every word and ac tion showed the gentleman. It was said that he had n mint of money and from tho expenses ho met I am inclined to be lieve the statement. For a year he lived in Paris in the most expensive manner and danced at tendance on the countess. Then they agreed to elope together, and their plans were carried out in the coolest and most businesslike manner. The conntess went at it to sell all the property in her own right and to get as much cash out of the count es sho could, and at the end of three mouths she was ready for flight and had something like $1,000,000 in money and jewelry to take with her. Meanwhile Kane had gone to England and purchased a large and handsome schooner yacht and given out that he was going on a long pleasure cruise to tho Indian ocean. He took a crew aboard and brought up in the port of Cherbourg, and there tho schooner was provisioned and some alterations made to her cabins. Sho was called the handsomest craft in the harbor, and it needed only a glance at her finely molded lines to tell that she could sail like a witch. One afternoon in June the master of the Sylph, as the schooner was called, came aboard with his wife, and a great lot of baggage followed. I do not think any man on the schooner knew whether the owner was married or single, nor did any one question that the lady ho brought aboard was his wife. Two hours after their arrival the ves sel sailed, and she bad been gone three days when the Count D’Charny turned up at Cherbourg with three or four friends and began an investigation. Mr. Kane and the conntess had eloped to gether and had a good start Most bus- bands, and especially old and decrepit husbands, would have given way to in dignation for awhile and then made up their minds to let the woman go, but not so with the old count. If she bad run away with a French man, it might have been different, but sho had gone with an Englishman, and bo hated the English with all his heart. Ho didn’t blame tho countess, as she was young and giddy, but as for Kano he must be overtaken and shot down or nm throngh to satisfy a husband’s venge ance. The only way to overhaul the schooner was to charter another vessel, and this was done as speedily as men oonld move. Lying in the same harbor, with her cargo just discharged, was the American bark Meteor, of which I was second mate. Tho Meteor was ono of tho fastest cruft afloat at the time, and the count’s friends qame aboard and told the story of tho elopement and offered Captain Black his own price if he would charter. The idea was to go in pursuit of the 6ylph, taking the count and bis friends along, and -j cruise nntil we found her. Wo might bo gone a month or a year. I don’t know the price paid, but it was a steep one, and as soon as the terms were settled we set about making ready. Onr complement of men was 14 all told. By the count’s orders we shipped a crew of 22. While wo were getting water and pro visions aboard carpenters were at work in the cabin, a gun was being mounted on deck, and cutlasses aud muskets were brought aboard to arm the crew. In three days we were oat to sen and in tho wake of the Sylph. The captain of tho schooner was the only man aboard of her except the owner who knew that she ras bound to the Indian ocean, and ting with on old friend in port aud ting a glass too much ho bad let out tho secret. That was tho way wo came to know tho destination. It was a foolish idea in tho count to chase his wife under any circumstances, but hero ho was, un old man, lame, ill ami had never even crossed the channel. Wo were a small emit with u big crew, and all hands W'cre crowded, hut thnoid fellow was willing to suffer any incon venience aud run atiy risks for tho sake if overhauling tho elopers. Ho had two fra uds and a doctor with him, and it was his lavish use of money which prepared us for son so quickly. The elopers hud a fast craft, plenty of money and would not bo overhauled if they could help it. Tho count had plen ty of money, a craft equally as fast and had vowed to hunt them down if it took five years. That was tho way things stood as wo sailed cut of tho harbor. “Bound for tho Indian ocean” meant a great deal, and yet it meant nothing. It meant a run of thousands of miles down tho coast, around the capo of Good Hope, Australia, India or a dozen other places. As the schooner had six days the start of us and the winds had been fair she was at least 800 miles ahead. Onr only hope of getting on her track before reaching the Cape was in speak ing vessels coming up from the south. As soon as wo were clear of tho land all sail was piled on to the bark, with orders to furl nothing except to save her sticks. For 36 hours we ran to tho south in a gale of wind which kept her lee rail under the foam, aud the run wo made has never yet been beaten by a steamer. Then we spoke our first ship, but no schooner had been seen. We got down to the Madeiras without getting word of her, and after a race to the Ca naries were again disappointed. It was two days after leaving tho latter group, and while holding for Capo Verde, that we got our first news. It came from an English man-of-war which hud come upon the schooner to the south of the cape while she was re pairing damages received aloft during a squall. Sho did not need assistance, and her captain received tho offer iu a very churlish manner. Fho was not boarded, but her name was recorded in tho logbook, and that was the way we got track of her. Sho was still four days ahead of ua But fer this information wo should have touched at the islands to make in quiries and thus lost another day. As it was we gave the bark all the sail she could stagger under and twice refused to answer tho signals of ships wishing to speak us. Kaue would not even sus pect that the count was after him, and having his ladylove aboard and seeing no cause for haste he would take his time. So we reasoned, but there was not much consolation in it. We might ran a parallel course with him for a week and neither craft sight tho other. We might pass him by in the night, or wo might shorten sail while he cracked on. Lnck was with us, however. One morning when well down the African coast we spoke an English brig which had passed the schooner tho day before aud so closely as to catch her name. She reported Kane driving along at an easy pace, and then we felt that we must overhaul him within a coaple of days. Just before sundown next day we caught sight of a sail ahead of us which wo believed to bo tho schoouer, and that night none of onr passengers slept You know how excitable the French are. The count and his friends spent tho night drinking and jabbering and walk ing about, and before midnight it was known throughout the bark that they meant to sink the schooner rather than let her get away from us. Wo meant to gain on her that night, but not too much, as it was dark and rainy and wc feared to overran her. Men were on watch alow and aloft all night, and when morning came tho Sylph was dead ahead and only two miles away. It had been planned that we would speak her and give out that our chronometer was ont of order. If she lay to the captain would board her with threo or four men aud seek to de tain her until the count could follow. We signaled the schooner as soon as we could make her ont, but she gave us uo attention. As we approached ner sho took the alarm aud made more sail, and then began the real adventure. With a man like tho count to back him our captain did not hesitate to open fire on the other craft, and she was struck twice before she got out of range. The count was on deck and fair to bo seen and on our side we plainly saw Kane and the countess aboard of the schooner. If the latter had been armed, there would have been a pretty fight, bnt she did not even have mnskets for the men. Her game was flight in stead of fight, and by and by she gained a position about two miles ahead of us and kept it. No two craft could be more evenly matched. Both were racers and both carried about the same amount of sail. From 7 o’clock in the morning nntil night closed down each craft held its own, neither losing nor gaining by a hundred feet. We knew that she wonld seek to escape ns during the night, and but few men slept. Three different times the schooner altered her course, but we detected the game each time and hnng to her trail. When morning came, we had gained half a mile, bot before 7 o’clock she had picked np her lost distance and run up the English flag in defiance. That was the beginning of a race which had its end weeks later at a point thousands of miles away. When sailing close hauled, the schooner had the heels of ns, bot we could beat her on any other wind. While we never came within gunshot of her again nntil the last day we followed hei around the cape, np the Mozambique channel, and finally found her waiting for ns off one of the Comoro islands. We had gales and high winds; we had beauti ful moonlight nights and beastly dark ones. But for Kano's defiance of the count we oonld not have kept the trail as we did. In those long weeks he oonld have •raded ns a dozen times over, bnt he had nailed hi* flag to the mast, as Tt were. Ho gave orders to sot tho schocn- er’s course and keep i; and to pay no attention to us, ami if we lost him in sqnnll or fog or the darkness of night We know where to find him again. Wo passed the cape only ten miles behind him; wo sailed up the Madagascar coast in his wake. Wo knew when night Tlosed in that wo should find him on the morrow. The Count D’Charny got sick nnd got well again. Ho hud furi ous moods and weeping moods. One day he would forgive his wife and the next he wonld be impatient to take her life. Ho never faltered in his intention to kill tho Englishman, how ever. That was what he lived for and what held him up. Ono morning we found tho schooner lying to, aa I have said, nnd on nearing her her captain boarded us in n boat aud sought out tho coant and said: “The countess is aboard of tho sehooner. You have followed us for weeks. If yon wish for satisfaction, you have only to row ashore and Mr. Kano will give it to you.’’ The count and his friends jumped at the chance, taking both pistols nnd swords. I was ordered to take charge of tho boat which set them ashore. Tho count was at first inclined to rush upon the Englishman and kill him out of hand, but he was restrained, aud pretty soon a duel with pistols was arranged. As Kane had no second ono of the Frenchmen gallantly offered to act as such. The ground was paced off iu full view of the people on both craft, aud one couldn’t help admiring Kano for his coolness and gentlemanly bearing. Ho had no taunts, no hard words. A good uatured smile rested on his face, and he was as calm ns if getting ready for a game of billiards. Tho countess was the only one on shipboard who didn’t watch matters. By and by tho two men took their places, the word was given and they fired together. Tho count was unhnrt, but his ballet penetrated Kano’s heart, and the Englishman was dead before ho reached the ground. Wo buried him on tho island that afternoon and did it de cently, and at sundown tho conut went aboard the Sylph, and both cruft laid a conrse for home. It was said that tho erring wife was forgiven nnd that she expressed all proper humility and returned to Paris to live with her hnsband, hut 1 cannot vouch for this. I only remember that there was no public scandal and that every sailor was paid for keeping quiet and had nothing to say. Kane’s body was afterward taken to England by his relatives, and they at least must have been among tho outsiders who knew more or less of the affair. N ADONIS OF EGYPT. Conversion by Marriage. ▲ correspondent sends a story aboat a conversiou by marriage^ A colored woman came to his office to solicit G and 10 cent subscriptions for a new car pet and organ for her church. A young lady in tho office gave tho woman 10 cents, whereupon the correspondent sug gested that “both sho and the colored lady were probably good Baptists.” “Oh,” said the colored woman, “I used to be a Buptis’, but I married a Mefo- dis’ minister, and then of conrse I was a Mefodis’. ” This is not the first case on record of conversion by marriage. One case is known in which both parties were converted. A certain governor of Rhode Island who lived in Newport and was a mem ber of the Congregational church mar ried a woman who was a Baptist with out any understanding as to the arrange ment of religious matters. The first Sunday morning after the marriage tho pair started out at church time togeth er. They walked side by side as far as the corner of Church and Spring streets, where their accustomed ways to church diverged, and there they stopped. He stood with a little dogged leaning to ward his church, she with the same leaning toward hers. “Well, wife,” said the governor, “which way shall wo go?” She made no answer, nor did she make any sign of going his way. Tho governor looked np at the beautiful spire and cheery door of Trinity church, under tho shadow of which they stood. “Ha,” said the governor, “let’s throw up both our churches and go in hero.” And into Trinity they went aud were devoted Episcopalians ever after.—Bos ton Transcript A Famotw Bandmaster. There is in the German army a negro bandmaster named Sabao el Cher. Not withstanding his name he is a native German, bnt his father came from low- er Egypt and spent bis boyhood at the court of the viceroy in Cairo, where be was educated. There he made the ac quaintance of Prince Albrecht of Prus sia, a brother of the old Emperor Wil liam, who took him to Berlin, whenr he married a Berlin woman and entered the service of the prince. His wife pre sented him a son iu 1867. He was Sabao el Cher, a musical lad, who begun to study the violin when he was 8 years old. Later he went to a conservatory, and in 188G he entered the military service as oboe and trombone player in the Thirty-fifth regiment of royal Prus sian fnsileers, Prince Henry of Prussia’s. Having served there several years, he went to the Royal High School For Music in Berlin for farther study, where he was under the most noted teachers. He passed his examinations in 1895, and in that year was appoint ed bandmaster of the First grenadier regiment at Konigsberg. He still re tains this post, and his band bus won much applause for its public perform- anoes. It appeared with success at the International Art exposition at Dresden. A Ke«kl«M Cat. London has a oat whoso partiality for a nap iu a warm spot is so marked that she has selected the top of a dynamo in a power station. She sleeps there calm ly and peacefully while the machinery around and within six inches of her is rnuuiug nt a rate of 8,000 revolutions per minuts. NENKHEFTA, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN THE WORLD. HU Mummy Found In a Cvmotery Near the City of F.l Kab—“The Hun Smiled Cpon Him," bnt lie Died Like Ollier Mor tal*—Wife and Hon In Tomb Wit? - Kim. The Adonis of Egypt 5,400 years ago is again among men. Not us he was when women bowed before him and his every gesture was looked upon almost as if it were that of a god, bnt swathed in tho habiliments of tho regulation mummy. Centuries before imperial Cie- sar died and turned to clay this man ruled the dwellers on 250,000 acres with n rod of iron. The women adored him for his beauty. Tho men feared aud respected him for his wisdom. Near tho city of El Kab, which is sitnated 75 miles north of tho present site of Cairo, there lies an ancient ceme tery so old that even tho men to whom the papyrus scrolls arc as familiar as the waters of the Nile are unable to say when it was first devoted to the pur pose of bousing the mortal tenements of tho old Egyptians. Tho arcbmologist has long found it a fruitful field for re search, and many a mummy that today is gazed on in tbo museums with round eyed wonder was undisturbed here for thousands of years. It so happened that a short time ago persons prospecting for new fields iu a hill in the cemetery described discover ed a little pit which apparently had never been made tho subject of investi gation. Excavation brought to light the fact that it was not only something new, but from tho archirologist’s standpoint one of the most important finds iu a very long time. The pit was the entrance to a solid chamber of rock containing a number of stone coffins or sarcophagi. Besides these there lay upon the floor of the chamber a num ber of statues. Examination of the various contents showed that one of tho sarcophagi contained tho mammy of Ncnkhefta, aud tbo roll of papyrus aud the inscriptions on the sarcophagus both gave the information that these were the mortal remains of “the most beautiful man in Egypt aud probably the world.” When tho wrappings of tho mammy of this ancient Adonis were unfolded, there was nothing to indicate that the remains were those of a man of any beauty whatsoever. Tho grinning skele ton looked exactly like those of today. The only odd fact was that tho shape of the skull, the bands and the feet were, while unmistakably Egyptian, of more classic mold than those of most mum mies. The formation of tho skull also indicated that its owner when alive pos sessed great mental development, thns justifying tho pleasant things which were said about him in the perfectly preserved roll of ancient manuscript which recited his history. Some of the archaeologists here were at first inclined to doubt the accuracy of the claims made regarding this find, but investigation showed that there was uo cause for doubt whatever. It would have been impossible to perpetuate a fraud of this sort. Tho papyrus roll, which told the history of Nenkbefta, set forth that his dominion extended over 42 miles of the banks of the Nile. His residence was termed Nishwaka, which is supposed to mean that the vil lage where he lived bora that title. “Great were his flocks, oh, ruler of rulers,” says the manuscript. “None was so wise. None was so beloved. The sun smiled ou him when ho jour neyed abroad, and when he locked with displeasure a sorrow as of death came upon him who had caused it. He was to bis people what the waters of tho Nile are to Egypt. Great is his name. No man who lives was so beautiful. There is none to take his place. ” Perhaps there was a touch of oriental extravagance in this, bnt among tho stutnes found on the floor of the cham ber was one which unquestionably was intended to represent Nenkhefta. This was evidence sufficient that the inscrip tion must not have been without cause. According to the standard of beauty which existed in Egypt in those days, Nenkhefta was certainly an Adonis. While in sculpture the auciout Egyptian was not equal to the genins of today he was a man of mnch skill, and there is no reason to doubt that the statne is a fairly faithful representation of “the most beautiful man iu Egypt ” In the tomb of Nenkhefta were also the mummies of his wife and little son. It would appear from the informa tion contained in tho papyrus that this old time Egyptian was content with one wife, something of a rarity in those days. He was evidently an exception to all rules, however, aud this probably accounts for the presence of the mum mies of his wife aud son in his tomb. It is believed that if he had had more than one wife there would be some evi dence in the form of inscription or oth erwise to indicate that this was his fa vorite wife aud the mother of his son. It is held that this innst have been his only son from the statement on the pa pyrus scroll, “There is none to take his place.” eNenkhefta's wife was named Nylep- tha. This is the inscription on her sar cophagus, “Nyleptha, the Queen of Nenkbefta, Greatest of Rulers.” Noth ing is said as to whether or not she was beautiful, as it is plainly evident that the effulgence of Nenkhefta was such that any womanly charm in his family was practically lost sight of.—Wash ington Post. Durability of Ivory. The durability of ivory is proved by tho fact that billiard balls which for the sake of cariosity bad been made of very well preserved mammoth ivory un doubtedly many thousand years old were played with for several mouths by experienced players in Paris withont it being noticed that tho balls were not made of fresh ivory. Mammoth ivory is, M a rule, not as tough as fresh ivory. MENTAL ALERTNESS Cannot exist wfiete tho liver and bowels ere clogged with bliicus impurities. PEilCKLY ASH BETTERS Quickly restorr.i healthy conditions. It Cleanses the System, Strengthens the Kidneys, Promotes Sound Sleep, Good Digestion, and Energy and Vigor of Body and Brain. SOLD AT ALL DRUG STORES. PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE. ^Cherokee Drug Co. Special Agents. Syrilp 'hat heritage of rich and poor, has saved many a life. For Throat and Lung affections it is invaluable. It never fails to cure Cough, Cold, Croup and Whooping-Cough. DR. BULL’S COUGH SYRUP is the best. Price 25 cents. Chew LANGE'S PLUGS. The Great Tobacco Antidote.lOc. Dealers or mail,AX.Meyer ft Co., Balto.,Md. CANDY CATHARTIC cathartic ^ CURE CONSTIPATION Vi-ATE THE'lW^ ALL DRUGGISTS * 'i 1 •I' ’ll * Home Building arid Loan. The Citizens Building and Loan Association of Gaffney will begin its Fifth Series Sat urday, January 1 st, 1889. Tbis Institution is 4*- -4- On a Solid Basis. As an investment there is no safer. Those desiring loans for the purpose of build ing houses will find it to their i nterest to ivestigate. The Secretary and Treas urer will take pleasure in ex plaining its workings. N. H. LITTLEJOHN, Secty. and Treas. Office in new P. O. Building. ! LIMESTONE * SPRINGS * * WORKS, CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. Manufacturers of BUILDING, * PLASTERING * AND * ^ * LIME, And Dealers In Coal, Shingles, Lathes and Plaster Hair. Dynamite. Blasting Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Caps. HpNKkU